![]() Guide to Freeing up Disk Space under Windows 7. This is an . Not cool and it was getting tight. A few hours later, I have 9. ![]() G free. Warranty: There is none. Please read carefully and with all things you find on a random blog, be careful because you have no one to blame but yourself. However, if you take a few minutes, read carefully and do even a few of these tips or just run Disk Cleanup, you'll get lots of space back. Clean up after Windows 7 SP1 (Service Pack 1) - After you install Windows 7 SP1, it leaves around the original files so you can uninstall the Service Pack if you want. After a few months with the Service Pack, I've decided for myself that it's a good thing and decided I don't need the option. In Vista there was a command line tool called . TweakPower is a tweaking freeware that lets you customize, optimize, clean up and tweak Windows 10/8/7 PC. Download it free & change your computing experience. Technology keeps you connected everywhere you go, helps you capture every moment & makes your life a bit easier; stay up-to-date with tips & tricks from eHow. The solution is not so simple to find and open all apps folder or delete APP folders in Windows 10! You need System access and admin privileges for this!! CCleaner allows you to clean up more Windows files 7 Hidden Windows Caches & How to Clear Them 7 Hidden Windows Caches & How to Clear Them Cached files can take up a. Fine with me. Disk Cleanup - It's amazing to me the number of people who DON'T run Disk Cleanup. It's even better in Windows 7. Just run it. After you run it, run it again and click Clean Up System Files to get files that you need to be admin to delete. Disable Hibernate - I have a desktop, and I prefer just three power states, sleeping, on or off. I don't use Hibernate. Plus, I have 1. 2 gigs of RAM, and hibernation uses as much disk space as you have RAM. From an administrative command prompt, type . Got me back 1. 2 gigs. It's up to you. Don't turn it off if you use the feature. I recommend you try to delete the TEMP folder. I do this from the command line. Open up an administrative console, type . Then, go up one folder with . It's very unambiguous. If you don't feel comfortable, don't do it. If you feel in over your head, don't do it. If it screws up your computer, don't email me. Next, I do a . It usually doesn't because almost always some other program has a temp file open and the command can't get remove everything. If it DOES remove the folder, just . This got me back 1. I'm sure you'll be surprised and get lots back. Delete your Browser Cache - Whether you use Chrome, IE9 or Firefox, your browser is saving probably a gig or more of temporary files. Consider clearing it out manually (or use the CCleaner mentioned below) occasionally or move the cache from your browser's settings to another drive with more space. It uses a service/subsystem called Shadow. Copies and can be administered with a tool called vssadmin. That's what I did. That got me back lots of space back on my C: drive. One, you can set a max size for the System Restore to get. Two, you can set an alternative drive. For example, you could have the D: drive be responsible for System Restore for the C: drive. Note that you can put whatever drive letters you have in there. I ran it for each of my three drives. Note that this isn't just used for System Restore, it's also used for the . Kind of a mini, local time machine. Point is, this isn't a feature you probably want off, just one you want kept to a max. Your mileage may vary. Win. Dir. Stat is actively developed, it's Open Source, and it works great in Windows. It's wonderfully multi- threaded and is generally fabulous. It'll help you find those crazy large log files you've forgotten about deep in %APPDATA%. It saved me 1. 0 gigs of random goo. Space. Sniffer is also amazing and really lets you drill into what's going on space- wise in your disk. Remove Old Stuff - Just go into Add/Remove Programs or Programs and Features and tidy up. There's likely a pile of old crap in there that's taking up space. I removed some Games and Game Demos and got back 5 gigs. Uninstall anything evil - If you want to get a quick look at what's on a machine and uninstall LOTS of stuff quickly, look no further than Nir. Soft's My Uninstaller (download). Remove Toolbars (they think they need them and they never do and won't miss them), and anything that looks like it might destabilize their system. I check out toolbars, add- ins, etc Wasteful Temp. Files/Scratch. Files Settings in Popular Programs - Most programs that need scratch space have a way to set a ceiling on that Max Space. Go into Internet Explorer or Firefox, into the options and delete the Temporary Internet Files. Set a reasonable size like 2. I've seen those cache sizes set to gigs. If you've got a speedy connection to the internet, that's just overkill. Check other programs like Adobe Photoshop and other editors and see where they store their temporary files and how large they've become. I used Space. Sniffer (mentioned above) and was shocked to find 5 gigs of old temp files from a year ago in little used programs. NTFS Compression - That's right, baby, Stacker (kidding). This is a great feature of NTFS that more people should use. If you've got a bunch of folders with old crap in them, but you don't want to delete them, compress. If you've got a folder that fills up with text files or other easily compressed and frequently access stuff, compress 'em. I typically compress any and all folders that are infrequently accessed, but I'm not ready to toss. That is about 3. 0- 4. Why bother to compress when Disk Space is so cheap? Well, C: drive space usually isn't. I've got an SSD, and it's small. I'd like to get as much out of it as I can without the hassle of moving my Program Files to D. More importantly, Why the heck not? Why shouldn't I compress? It's utterly painless. Just right click a folder, hit Properties, then Advanced, then Compress. Then forget about it. As long as you're not compressing a bunch of ZIP files (won't do much) then you're all set. You might consider defragging when you're done, just to tidy up if you don't have an SSD. Find Fat Temp File Apps and squash them - Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth 3. D are really fast and loose with the disk space. You can poke around for a while and next thing you know you're down 2 gigs or more. If you don't use the app a lot, delete the caches when you exit, or better yet, make the cache size for each app small. Remove Crap with Crap. Cleaner (CLeaner) - This is a brilliant utility that removes crapware, unneeded programs, toolbars and other things that might litter up your machine. If this technique kills your beloved pet cat, don't email me. You have been warned. Also, note that I'm only saying it works for me. You'll move it to a drive with more space, but you'll LIE to i. Tunes using a little- used Windows Utility that will make a LINK between the folder i. Tunes expects to find and the folder you want your backups in. It's advanced but VERY powerful, especially when you C: \Users\Scott\App. Data\Roaming\Apple Computer\Mobile. Sync> dir. Directory of C: \Users\Scott\App. Data\Roaming\Apple Computer\Mobile. Sync. 11/2. 5/2. 01. PM < DIR> . PM < DIR> . PM < JUNCTION> Backup ? Check out the The Technical Friend's Essential Maintenance Checklist for Non- Technical Friend's Windows Computer.
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